2016-17 UEFA Champions League

blueser

Did our team bus run over Ronnie Whelan's cat sometime? Christ, the guy has a real downer on us.

greendom

His eyesight must be fading. How many times does he get the names wrong? Only Sometimes correcting himself.

sReq | uTeK

You'd have to wonder about Pep! Why not sure up the middle and silence the crowd. Get the upper hand and force Monaco into making mistakes

Instead he plays no one in the middle Monaco are walking through them and they're having a field day.

As a tactician I think Pep is left wanting a lot

Lucas Hood

How much money have city spent on Cbs over the years and still play Kolorov there?

GreNoLi

Scoreline flattering city, Monaco entirely dominant.

Turtwig

sReq | uTeK wrote: »

You'd have to wonder about Pep! Why not sure up the middle and silence the crowd. Get the upper hand and force Monaco into making mistakes

Instead he plays no one in the middle Monaco are walking through them and they're having a field day.

As a tactician I think Pep is left wanting a lot

Monaco are over exerting themselves covering the stretch space or something. I kind of understand that if it's all level pegging but when you have a two goal cushion just kill any chance for momentum to the other team. Peps away record in Europe isn't all that great.

BorneTobyWilde

It's like in chess. First
you strategically position your
pieces. Then, when the timing's
right. You strike.
They are positioning themselves all over the world and using this
one signal to synchronize their efforts. In approximately six
hours the signal will disappear and the countdown will be over

sReq | uTeK

blueser wrote: »

Did our team bus run over Ronnie Whelan's cat sometime? Christ, the guy has a real downer on us.

He's right though. No fight in there at all. Totally devoid if tactics.

Pep can win one way and one way only and that's great when it works but on a night like this he's taking a TWO goal lead away from home to a very good team with a superb attacking record this season at home and he may have well have asked moses to part the red Sea with the way he's setup

Andersonisgod

Not often you see so complete and impressive a performance at this stage of the CL against big opposition. Monaco have been stunning for 45 minutes. They press so well, City really have had trouble just getting a midfielder on the ball facing in the direction of the Monaco goal. Monaco's attacks occur at breakneck speed, they rotate the ball really well and their attacks come from so many different angles.

On the flip side, Guardiola will need to change something at half time, his team haven't started at all.

Agent Coulson

Pep trying to rope a dope Monaco for the second game in a row.

Harry Palmr

The RTE panel is so comfortable with the names of these foreign lads

ERG89

blueser wrote:

Did our team bus run over Ronnie Whelan's cat sometime? Christ, the guy has a real downer on us.

No Ronnie just hates everything & everyone.

Andersonisgod

sReq | uTeK wrote: »

You'd have to wonder about Pep! Why not sure up the middle and silence the crowd. Get the upper hand and force Monaco into making mistakes

Instead he plays no one in the middle Monaco are walking through them and they're having a field day.

As a tactician I think Pep is left wanting a lot

Imagine saying that after Guardiola's City outscored the highest scoring team in an open game in the first leg....

sReq | uTeK

Andersonisgod wrote: »

Not often you see so complete and impressive a performance at this stage of the CL against big opposition. Monaco have been stunning for 45 minutes. They press so well, City really have had trouble just getting a midfielder on the ball facing in the direction of the Monaco goal. Monaco's attacks occur at breakneck speed, they rotate the ball really well and their attacks come from so many different angles.

On the flip side, Guardiola will need to change something at half time, his team haven't started at all.

Lol

Andersonisgod

sReq | uTeK wrote: »

Lol

I'm lol'ing that I was on your ignore list but I guess you just couldn't do without me.

Harry Palmr

ERG89 wrote: »

No Ronnie just hates everything & everyone.

Remember his loathing of Rafa's Liverpool in the CL?

Burial.

The Talking Bread wrote: »

Eh. No he hasn't. He has much more potential than he has shown this season.

Clearly didn't watch him at all last season so. He's been good this year. Not as good as his first season where he was immense but he's been a quality 10.

sReq | uTeK

Andersonisgod wrote: »

I'm lol'ing that I was on your ignore list but I guess you just couldn't do without me.

It was more annoying having people quote you in threads. I might as well get a chuckle from your delusional posts.

sReq | uTeK

Andersonisgod wrote: »

Imagine saying that after Guardiola's City outscored the highest scoring team in an open game in the first leg....

Maybe you're tactically as bad as him. Home and Away are two different things. Let's not forget Falcao missing a penalty that could have made it 3-1 and that 5-3 finish is a whole lot different.

Remove your head from the clouds and admit when your messiah gets his **** wrong.

Andersonisgod

sReq | uTeK wrote: »

It was more annoying having people quote you in threads. I might as well get a chuckle from your delusional posts.

tranquilo

GreNoLi

Brad Friedel in the commentary box, was just trying to imagine him going on a Ron Atkinsonesque racist rant but Toure isn't playing so...

BorneTobyWilde

City need to keep it tight now, One goal and they're through .

Andersonisgod

De Bruyne much deeper now, like I said, issue first half was getting possession into midfielders facing Monaco goal. City playing far more vertical at the moment too.

bucketybuck

If Pep had any wit he would crawl on his hands and knees across Manchester to Mourinho's office and ask nicely if he would show him how to organise a defence.

Agent Coulson

Sterling really doesn't have a brain.

GavRedKing

Sterling will never be a world class player.

Lucas Hood

City will score here . Monaco still need another.

Utopia Parkway

Monaco sitting back a small bit. Probably better off to keep attacking. More goals there for them.

Andersonisgod

bucketybuck wrote: »

If Pep had any wit he would crawl on his hands and knees across Manchester to Mourinho's office and ask nicely if he would show him how to organise a defence.

Why are you talking about Europa League teams and coaches in the CL thread?

GreNoLi

Crap decision.

Masala

bucketybuck wrote: »

If Pep had any wit he would crawl on his hands and knees across Manchester to Mourinho's office and ask nicely if he would show him how to organise a defence.

Hahahahahahahahahahaha.......

WinnyThePoo

GavRedKing wrote: »

Sterling will never be a world class player.

Theo Walcott 2.0

PopTarts

Does away goals count in this? Is it extra time or Monaco through (with their away goals)

GavRedKing

Ah thats brilliant from Sane bar the end ball

WinnyThePoo

PopTarts wrote: »

Does away goals count in this? Is it extra time or Monaco through (with their away goals)

Away goals count. At the moment Monaco are going through

GavRedKing

PopTarts wrote: »

Does away goals count in this? Is it extra time or Monaco through (with their away goals)

Monaco through as it stands

Armchair Andy

Aguero shoulda had that. Nothing wrong with Sanes cross.

Lucas Hood

Armchair Andy wrote: »

Aguero shoulda had that. Nothing wrong with Sanes cross.

Nah it was too hard and a little too high off the ground.

Headshot

Great match in Monaco

BorneTobyWilde

That's what keepers are for.

GreNoLi

What a save!

GavRedKing

Thats a criminal miss from aguero.

Andersonisgod

3 big chances missed. The football is great but, at this level, you can't miss that many chances.

Turtwig

City are toothless. They need so many chances to score every game. Such a poor conversion rate.

LuckyGent88

City starting to turn the screw. Decision to bring KDB back into centre mid has worked.

WinnyThePoo

Man city in this game now and getting opportunities.

Monaco still pressing high

ERG89

I agree with Ronnie (ugh) Monaco are tiring.

GavRedKing

All man city this half.

Utopia Parkway

Monaco have been the better side for 80% of these two games so far but not sure I trust them to see this out to the end.

Burial.

There it is